Data center growth is drawing fresh scrutiny from nearby communities. Health, noise, water use and power demands are now central to project approvals and zoning.

Georgia Transmission awards a new 230-kV switching station in southwest Georgia as rising loads and new generation drive grid investment statewide.

Grid constraints are forcing facilities to separate electricity procurement from reliability and budget for storage, backup power and redundancy.

Falling battery prices and rising outage losses are changing how facilities and finance teams should calculate the return on energy storage investments.

Power availability and PPA terms are becoming more consequential in transaction and underwriting decisions as electricity constraints affect asset value.

Procurement, facilities, finance and sustainability each own a piece of a corporate energy contract, but the combined risk often has no single owner.

Ava is extending its e-bike rebate program through 2027. The added $3 million will expand access while directing more spending to local bike shops.

Nigeria's distributed energy programs target 465 MW of new capacity as $1.3 billion in investment commitments build a power market beyond the grid.

Corporate energy buyers using standard PPA templates across U.S. power markets may be carrying different grid risks under seemingly identical contract terms.

Grid curtailment can interrupt renewable energy delivery without automatically triggering force majeure, putting PPA contract language under new scrutiny.

AI growth is forcing data centers to rethink power, cooling, and water. Energy Concepts says Plato5X could move more infrastructure on site to ease grid delays.

Denver Public Schools is adding 25 electric buses as grant funding shifts the fleet decision from upfront cost toward long-term operating economics.

Florida's SunTrax testing campus is adding an eVTOL flight track to its autonomous vehicle program, part of a federal AAM pilot spanning 26 U.S. states.

Volatile power and gas markets are making contract renewal timing a financial risk, pushing companies toward continuous energy hedging strategies.

SUPERPAN is testing ultralight thermoplastic panels for transport. The project links recyclability, automation and lower energy use in production across plants.

Peak Energy will build a sodium-ion storage factory in Sacramento, a $71 million plant expected to create 239 jobs and produce 4 GWh of capacity yearly.

Companies revisiting legacy PPAs face different power prices, tighter capacity, and more competition, changing how replacement contracts should be valued.

Spain’s first HRS system pasteurizes 220 metric tons of digestate daily. Heat recovery may cut thermal demand and support fertilizer reuse for regional growers.

Missouri's finalized large-load tariff and Texas's proposed 20-year billing rule show how differently states are structuring big power contracts now.

Long-term corporate PPAs can create fixed, debt-like obligations that affect adjusted leverage, a growing concern for CFOs evaluating energy contracts.